After a scoreless first quarter, Grove City grabbed a 7-0 lead with 8:50 left in the first half when Pell threw a seven-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Anthony Ritchie (Big Rock, Ill./Wheaton Academy). Freshman kicker Ryan Stewart (Indiana, Pa./Indiana) converted the first of his four extra points following the touchdown.

Ritchie's touchdown catch capped a nine-play, 94-yard drive. Sophomore wingback Zach Rader (Butler, Pa./Butler) ignited the drive with a 38-yard run on an option play and Maskrey's 27-yard run gave Grove City a goal-to-go situation.

Maskrey scored on a six-yard run with 1:25 left in the first half, pushing the lead to 14-0. That play punctuated a 10-play, 80-yard drive. Pell helped ignite that possession with a 32-yard strike to Ritchie.

Carnegie Mellon cut the lead to 14-3 midway through the third quarter on Connor Young's 42-yard field goal. However, Grove City sealed the win with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns.

Pell scored on a four-yard run 46 seconds into the final period, boosting the lead to 21-3. He closed the Grove City scoring by bulling in from the 1 with 2:46 remaining.

Grove City finished with a 382-366 edge in total yardage. The Wolverines also converted 8 of 14 third-down situations.

Carnegie Mellon drove to the Grove City 1 on its second possession of the game but the Wolverines kept CMU out of the end zone. On fourth down, Erra-Hernandez fumbled into the end zone from the 1. CMU recovered the fumble in the end zone but could not be credited with a touchdown due to the rule that prevents a team from advancing a fourth down fumble.

CMU had not lost a season opener since 1998.

Grove City will visit Anderson (Ind.) next Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in non-conference action.